Teachers playing hooky at state Capitol

As the Chronicle reported, yesterday a group of teachers left the classroom to wage a protest against budget cuts.

Big mistake, teachers.

1. When you leave the classroom during class time, you send the message that education is not your first priority.

2. You could have gone at night, or on a Saturday, to show that you are willing to protest on your on time to make your point.

(Thanks to Wyatt Buchanan for his Shaky Hand Production.)

3. Quotes like this send the message that teachers are fungible.

“In my situation, you get a wonderful sub who couldn’t get hired as a teacher, and you leave detailed lesson plans” for that person, said Laura Heidt, a second-grade teacher at Stone Lake Elementary School in Elk Grove (Sacramento County).

4. Tax hike proponents have argued that without higher taxes, districts will have to cut the school year. Well, you just did the same thing.